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Jetpack Doubles Downloads

However maybe doubling is easier. In the past 4 months Jetpack has doubled its downloads and flown past 2 million downloads from WordPress.org, tripling its growth in just a few short months.

What’s putting extra fuel in the Jetpack? Updates, of course. We’ve shipped three major new feature releases that have seen huge adoption — contact forms, Jetpack comments, and carousels — in just the first half of this year, in addition to dozens of smaller features, and there is lots more on its way. (Maybe even something this week. :))

I love it for my personal sites, but for a Multisite SaaS I am building, it has way too much branding and setup steps for my users. I wish I could get at least some of the features (like Contact Forms) without my users having to set up their own WP.com account, and without them seeing the fluffy clouds. (They are very nice fluffy clouds, but the branding confusion would degrade user experience).

How about making more of the common wordpress.com features available. We .org users are spreading the word about the value of your product and alleviating stain on your computers, but are slapped in the face for our efforts by being denied the more popular and functional tools the “free” version uses.

Yep…the WP article like button and the publicize feature to begin with and to be able to use all of the WP.com features on WP.org without having to also run a WP.com site to make them functional. The very concept is absurd.

I’ve really only used Jetpack for stats. But I just poked around again today…and WOW! Really cool stuff has been added. LOVE contact us form. Sharing is super cool. I nearly ran to my husbands office to tell him how awesome this is. I’m sure I’ll be emailing a friend of mine who also builds WP sites…cause this will save him so much time.

I have a client asking about linking her site to facebook. My vote is for Publicize. I would soooo love to see that in Jetpack. Even and ETA would be helpful. =)